Vulnerability in Oracle Solaris
CVE-2016-6185
The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Oracle Solaris — versions 10, 11.3
- Perl
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 22, 23, 24
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html (Third Party Advisory)
- perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-6185?
- CVE-2016-6185 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-08-02.
- How severe is CVE-2016-6185?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-6185 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.